I do, too. The Pope has been very quiet for several months now (since the last media-generated "storm" over his perfectly logical remarks rejecting the use of condoms, ostensibly to prevent AIDS, in Africa). I don't know if the forces against him in the Vatican (and there are many) have managed to silence him or if they somehow have him very closely controlled. Or perhaps he is just biding his time, working on something else that is of great importance but not as high-profile. Prayers for him, in any case!
Yes, prayers for Benedict XVI.
I think there is a great deal of innocence in our holier clergy and the clergy and lay persons with a liberal bent prey upon that innocence.